PELMATOCHROMIS. 399 



which is about f length of head ; longest soft rays § to f length of head. 

 Anal III 7-9 , third spine as long as or a little shorter than last dorsal. 

 Pectoral § to £ length of head, not reaching origin of anal. Ventral 

 reaching vent or origin of anal. Caudal rounded or rounded-sub- 

 truncate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. 



9 1 . 18— ^1 



Scales cycloid, 27-30 epjQ ; lateral lines -gijjj. Brownish, uniform or 

 with rather indistinct traces of six darker cross-bars ; a black opercular 

 spot ; fins greyish, dorsal and anal often blackish towards the border ; 

 soft dorsal, anal, and caudal often with regular squarish dark spots 

 forming bars between the rays. 



Total length 150 millim. 



Niger to Congr 



>. 



1-2. Types. 





Azumine Creek, Opobo R., 

 Niger Delta. 



3. Type. 





Ogowe. 



4. Type. 





Kondo-Kondo, Ogowe. 



5. Ad. 





Komadekke, Goumie^ R., Ogowe. 



6. Hgr. 





Masoma R,, L. Ogemvve, Ogowe. 



7. Yg. 





Abanga R., Ogowe. 



8. Type. 





Sette Cama, Gaboon. 



9. Type. 





Gaboon. 



10-11. Hgr. 





Loango R. at N'Kutu. 



12-14. Ad. & hgr. 



Luali R. at Buco Zau, Cbiloango. 



15-23. Hgr. 



& yg- 



Luali R. at Lundo, Chiloango. 



24. Skel. 





5' ') !) 



25-26. Yg. 





Lebuzi R. at Kuka Muno, Chiloar 



Miss Kingsley (C). 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



15. PELMATOCHROMIS SUBOCELLATUS. 



Hemicliromis subocellatus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 667, pi. Ixvii. fig. C. 

 Pelmatochromis subocellatus, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 150 ; Pellegr. 

 Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 281. 



Depth of body 2\ to 2£ times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ 

 times. Head twice or not quite twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, 

 much broader than long, with convex upper profile, as long as eye, 

 which is 3^ to 3| times in length of head, equals interorbital width, and 

 exceeds prseorbital depth ; mouth moderate, extending to below anterior 

 border of eye ; teeth small, in 2 or 3 series, 60 to 70 in outer series of 

 upper jaw ; 2 or 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part less 

 than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 9 or 10 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI 8-10; spines subequal from the fifth or sixth, 



